Hi,
I hope this is no double post ^^'
I figured, since Arch may sometimes be a bit "scary" to set up, as it's pretty much as manual as it gets for distros at the moment, I'd share the guide I found on Youtube that pretty much helps you install Arch effortlessly.
I really like those and I have used them multiple times, you're basically ready to use Arch in under an hour, if your Inet is fast enough ofc ^^
Installing the base system:
Installing a GUI:
The guy uses Syslinux as a boot manager in his tutorial, if you prefer Grub, just replace his part about installing Syslinux with:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#BIOS_systems
Should pretty much work out of the box.
For UEFI related issues, this is quite handy to have:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#UEFI_systems
And something I've learned:
If you're dual booting Arch and Win8.1 in EFI, you're better off using two drives (if that's an option for you ofc). Because the Windows 8.1 enjoys overwriting your EFI settings / boot everytime you start it up, and you'll need something like SuperGrubRescue to boot back into Arch.
Like:
Drive 1: Arch + Grub (1st in boot order in your BIOS)
Drive 2: Windows 8 (2nd in boot order)
In /boot/grub/grub.cfg add:
<code>
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
menuentry "WindowsSux" –class windows {exit}
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
</code>
This will basically skip to the next available boot device, which is Windows.